Writing ─ Teachers and Children at Work

Graves (professor emeritus, U. of New Hampshire) has been involved in research on writing for some 20 years. Designed to assist classroom teachers with children's writing, his text covers teacher activity, child growth in the writing process, and recording and reporting child progress. This 20th edition celebrating the text's 20th anniversary includes a new preface from the author in which he discusses some changes in his thinking and reiterates some of the basic principles of the teaching of writing which remain unaltered. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

DONALD H. GRAVES has been involved in writing research for two decades. His books Writing: Teachers & Children at Work (Heinemann, 1983) and A Fresh Look at Writing (Heinemann, 1994) are best-sellers throughout the English-speaking world and have revolutionized the way writing is taught in schools. Dr. Graves has been a teacher, school principal, and language supervisor, education director, and a director of language in bilingual, ESL, and special programs. He has also been a co-director of an undergraduate urban teacher preparation program and a professor of an early childhood program. He is currently Professor Emeritus at the University of New Hampshire and lives in Jackson, New Hampshire. In addition to his writing both personal and professional, he travels throughout the United States presenting keynote addresses, seminars, workshops, and inservice training sessions. Because of his extensive teaching background, he understands the real needs of educato